We’re doomed (and maybe also back).

A friend*, who happens to be among the most astute observers of the political scene I know, has this to say in the wake of last night’s Republican debate:

I think he’s [Romney] going to be an unbelievably good candidate in the general. He’s Obama — a tall, handsome technocrat who instituted universal coverage — with a different coalition behind him. I now have this dystopian fantasy about how the campaign will play out:

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Please come back. Please. Please.
It would totally make my day, week, month, and possibly the rest of the year.
The internets have not been as good, intelligent, fun, or historical without you.
Please.

Hey Ari, good to see you popping up here. More would be most welcome, especially if we can make it less depressing somehow. (Maybe I’ll even write that thing about Isamu Noguchi I was always meaning to get around to!)

I did clean up some spam comments here a few weeks ago — perhaps that unclogged the pipes, however briefly.

If the price of Edge returning is the hastening of America’s decline into the world of Snow Crash, well…I guess I’d have to think about that. On the other hand, tomorrow’s the Rapture rain-date anyway, so hey, why not?